Large-scale, interpretable gene regulatory network inference through biologically informed matrix factorization
Soel Micheletti, Viola Fanfani, Julia Elisabeth Vogt, John F Quackenbush, Jonas Fischer, Alexander Marx, Panagiotis Mandros
This paper introduces Giraffe, a matrix factorization method for gene regulatory network inference that estimates signed regulatory effects, showing improved accuracy in distinguishing activating and inhibitory interactions across multiple biological contexts.
bioRxiv · Jul 16, 2026 · PreprintSystems Biology